Images from Pauline Pantsdown and ABC
By Situation Theatre 10/6/2020
Statue lives matter.
As the world’s white supremacist statues face unprecedented adversity, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has stepped in to ease their suffering.
After seeing the statue of slave trader Edward Colston pulled down by Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol, the downfall of a King Leopold II statue in Belgium, and the looming threat to the nation’s Captain Cook statues, Mr Frydenberg today announced the spare $60 billion he forgot to spend on academics, activists, artists, ABC journalists, bushfire victims, casuals, disability support pensioners, homeless people, international students and temporary migrant workers would go to military protection for his spiritual ancestors.
A #BLM protest in Bristol, U.K., has pulled down a statue of Edward Colston, a 17th-century slave trader, dragged it through the streets and thrown it in the river. pic.twitter.com/MxDGH05wuB
— Alexander Quon (@AlexanderQuon) June 7, 2020
BLM protestors took down Edward Colston’s statue 56 hours ago. Since then Belgium has taken down King Leopold II, London’s taken down Robert Milligan, Liverpool Uni will rename its halls, Plymouth will rename a square and memorials for Windrush have been planned.
— Hasan Patel 🌹 (@CorbynistaTeen) June 9, 2020
Protest works.
Unfortunately for the Treasurer, facing an onslaught of black struggle and furious white allies, basic maths will soon be the least of his problems.